As additional datasets become exposed through RDF, and described through RDFS/OWL-based ontological definitions, I would like to see the ability to mashup DATA.GOV datasets with the rest of the Linked Open Data cloud, using SPARQL.

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Data sets should be extensible or flexible, similar to the characteristics of XBRL or RDF/OWL, rather than fixed schemas. This flexibility allows the data sets to evolve, it allows others to connect additional information to existing information. The notion of "linked data" as used by the Semantic Web people.
Both XBRL and RDF/OWL are modeled as graphs which are extremely flexible. Combine these graphs with the
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Tell us what you're doing with data and tools from the data.gov catalogs... Show us your mashups by providing the application name or title, a URL to the application, Data.gov datasets/tools used, and a brief summary of what the application is all about.

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